The best laid plans of mice and men…

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On 6 October 1927, just two years before the depression; Harry (Hirsz), Albert (Aaron), Sam (Szmul) and Jack (Itzhak) – the Warner (Eichelbaum) brothers – released The Jazz Singer in New York City, NY, US.

Sam Warner urged his brothers to invest in talking motion pictures (The Jazz Singer cost only $500,000 to produce and made over $3 million); and is regarded as the “father of talking pictures” but sadly was to pass away before his dream was realized.

Warner Brothers produced twelve “talkies” in 1928 and in 1928 the newly formed Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences recognized them for “revolutionizing the industry with sound”.

The Warner principle was “to educate, entertain, and enlighten”.

Today Warner Brothers is part of Time-Warner, one of the largest media outlets in the world… but perhaps Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, Road Runner, and the Tasmanian Devil are the images people of my generation hold closest to heart.

The TV and Motion Picture studios have been discussing the relevance of 3D and the impact on the medium.

For the moment they’re taking the same stand they took in the twenties towards talking motion pictures…

Maybe they’re right – maybe resistance is futile.

Certainly we’re at a point in the technological curve where 3D can be in every display produced — whether it’s a big screen TV, a cell phone, or an ATM machine… so it may well be if the traditional studios won’t take advantage of the medium by producing content, and new generation of media centric studios will be founded.